braise

/\bʁɛz\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#34,441

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

braise is aFrenchnoun. It means: Bois réduit en charbons ardents. Pronounced \bʁɛz\. Often confused with bras and brie.

Key facts for braise
PropertyValue
Headwordbraise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\bʁɛz\
Letters6
Frequency rank#34,441
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of braise in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for braise is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \bʁɛz\. Corpus data places it at rank #34,441 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for braise, with forms such as "barise", "bbraise", and "braies". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bras", "brie", "bris", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is braise, spelled B-R-A-I-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bois réduit en charbons ardents.
  2. 2
    Résidu d’un feu.
  3. 3
    Conditionnement thermique d'un four à la température exigée pour l’affinage du verre dans le basin.
  4. 4
    Charbons que les boulangers tiraient de leur four et qu’ils éteignaient ensuite pour les vendre.
  5. 5
    Bois dur carbonisé dans des meules que le charbonnier construit sur place.
  6. 6
    → voir braises
  7. 7
    Argent, monnaie.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: barise,bbraise,braies,braisse,brasie,briase,brraise,rbaise

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for braise

Misspelling Variants of "braise"

barise6bbraise7braies6braisse7brasie6briase6brraise7rbaise6
Misspelling Variants of "braise"

Frequency rank: #34,441 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "braise"?
"braise" is spelled B-R-A-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \bʁɛz\.
What does "braise" mean?
As a noun, "braise" means: Bois réduit en charbons ardents.
What words are commonly confused with "braise"?
"braise" is commonly confused with "bras", "brie", "bris". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "braise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "braise" is \bʁɛz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "braise" come from?
"braise" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter B in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.